Hunter Biden’s media tour sparks speculation about political future
Right-rated outlets cover Biden’s interviews with Tucker Carlson and others, while left and centre outlets do not report the story
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Der frühere US-Präsident Joe Biden und sein Sohn Hunter (r.).© AFP | MANDEL NGAN
Photograph: Berliner Morgenpost (embedded from source)
What this story says
- Hunter Biden has conducted a series of interviews, including one with Tucker Carlson, discussing his past addiction, legal troubles, and criticism of Donald Trump.
- Biden described his role at Burisma as a "dumb thing" and challenged critics to produce evidence of his influencing his father’s decisions.
- The interviews have led to speculation about a possible political future for Biden, though he has not announced any plans to run for office.
- Right-rated outlets covered the interviews extensively, while no left- or centre-rated outlets reported on the story.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 8 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 7 of the 15 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
74/100
Craft
68/100
Hype
32/100
15 sources · methodology
Thin on the left so far
None of the 8 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
Hunter Biden has given a series of interviews in recent weeks, including a two-hour conversation with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson. In the interviews, Biden discussed his past struggles with addiction, his recovery, and his criticism of Donald Trump. He described his work for the Ukrainian energy company Burisma as a "dumb thing" and a "terrible idea" but denied any evidence of influencing his father’s decisions as vice president or president.
Biden has been sober for over seven years, as he stated in the interviews. He framed his public re-emergence as an effort to reclaim his narrative, addressing past scandals, including the 2020 leak of his laptop’s contents, which Republicans used to allege corruption within the Biden family. In the Carlson interview, Biden called Trump an "existential threat" to the United States and accused him of worsening societal divisions.
The interviews have sparked speculation about whether Biden might pursue a political career. He has not announced any plans to run for office, but his appearances on platforms like Carlson’s and with conservative commentators have drawn attention. Biden’s approach, acknowledging his past mistakes while criticising Trump, has been described as a strategy to neutralise attacks from the right.
“I have no secrets left.”
What the coverage left out
No left- or centre-rated outlets reported on Hunter Biden’s interviews. None of the right-rated digests mentioned Carlson’s admission of his own disillusionment with Trump or the detail that Biden’s laptop contents had been scrutinised for years without evidence of his influencing his father’s decisions. The Berliner Morgenpost’s full report was the only one to include these details.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 5 times, most recently on 12 Aug 2026, 03:30, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated left has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Centre
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated centre has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Right
8 rated outlets
- The right-rated outlets that covered the story focused on the interviews’ potential political implications. The Berliner Morgenpost’s full report led with Biden’s transformation from a "crackhead" figure to a vocal critic of Trump, quoting his description of Trump as an "existential threat". The report also highlighted Biden’s challenge to critics to produce evidence of his influencing his father’s decisions, framing it as a defence against corruption allegations.
- The digests from The National Desk, abc 7 WJLA, WCIV, WPEC, WBFF, WPBN, and nebraska.tv all noted that the interviews had fuelled speculation about a possible political future for Biden. None of these digests mentioned Biden’s sobriety or his detailed discussions of addiction recovery, focusing instead on the political narrative.
Read it at the source
15 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Centre
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Right
8- Hunter Biden: From the President's "Crackhead" Son to a Plain-Speaking Star Against Trump (opens Berliner Morgenpost in a new tab)
Berliner Morgenpost — is Berliner Morgenpost biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Hunter Biden’s viral interviews fuel speculation about possible political future (opens nebraska.tv in a new tab)
nebraska.tv — is nebraska.tv biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Hunter Biden’s viral interviews fuel speculation about possible political future (opens WPBN in a new tab)
- Hunter Biden’s viral interviews fuel speculation about possible political future (opens WBFF in a new tab)
- Hunter Biden’s viral interviews fuel speculation about possible political future (opens WPEC in a new tab)
- Hunter Biden’s viral interviews fuel speculation about possible political future (opens WCIV in a new tab)
- Hunter Biden’s viral interviews fuel speculation about possible political future (opens ABC 7 WJLA in a new tab)
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- Hunter Biden’s viral interviews fuel speculation about possible political future (opens The National Desk in a new tab)
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7- Hunter Biden: From "Crackhead" Son of the President to Trump Opponent (opens braunschweiger-zeitung.de in a new tab)
braunschweiger-zeitung.de — is braunschweiger-zeitung.de biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Hunter Biden: From "Crackhead" Son of the President to Trump Opponent (opens tlz.de in a new tab)
- Hunter Biden: From "Crackhead" Son of the President to Trump Opponent (opens Ostthüringer Zeitung in a new tab)
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- Hunter Biden: From "Crackhead" Son of the President to Trump Opponent (opens Thüringer Allgemeine in a new tab)
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- Hunter Biden: From "Crackhead" Son of the President to Trump Opponent (opens wr.de in a new tab)
- Hunter Biden: From "Crackhead" Son of the President to Trump Opponent (opens Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung in a new tab)
- Hunter Biden: From "Crackhead" Son of the President to Trump Opponent (opens Hamburger Abendblatt in a new tab)
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Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Hunter Biden’s media tour sparks speculation about political future?
- Of the 8 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 0% are rated left, 0% are rated centre, 100% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 15. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Hunter Biden’s media tour sparks speculation about political future left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 8 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of Hunter Biden’s media tour sparks speculation about political future biased?
- Hunter Biden’s media tour sparks speculation about political future is one event reported by 15 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Hunter Biden’s media tour sparks speculation about political future?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Hunter Biden’s media tour sparks speculation about political future?
- 15 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- What did Hunter Biden say about his past work with Burisma?
- Hunter Biden described his role at the Ukrainian energy company Burisma as a "dumb thing" and a "terrible idea" in his interview with Tucker Carlson. He denied any evidence of using his position to influence his father’s decisions as vice president or president, challenging critics to produce proof.
- Why are Hunter Biden’s interviews sparking speculation about a political future?
- Hunter Biden’s recent interviews, including his conversation with Tucker Carlson, have drawn attention for their political tone and his criticism of Donald Trump. While he has not announced any plans to run for office, the interviews have led to speculation about a possible political career, as reported by right-rated outlets.
- Which outlets covered Hunter Biden’s interviews?
- Right-rated outlets, including the Berliner Morgenpost, The National Desk, and several local US news sites, covered Hunter Biden’s interviews. No left- or centre-rated outlets reported on the story, according to the material reviewed.
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